use correct route value in proxy metrics tags instead of route_prefix (#58180)

## Expose Route Patterns in Proxy Metrics

fixes #52212

### Problem
Proxy metrics (`ray_serve_num_http_requests_total`,
`ray_serve_http_request_latency_ms`) only expose `route_prefix` (e.g.,
`/api`) instead of actual route patterns (e.g., `/api/users/{user_id}`).
This prevents granular monitoring of individual endpoints without
causing high cardinality from unique request paths.

### Design
**Route Pattern Extraction & Propagation:**
- Replicas extract route patterns from ASGI apps (FastAPI/Starlette) at
initialization using `extract_route_patterns()`
- Patterns propagate: Replica → `ReplicaMetadata` → `DeploymentState` →
`EndpointInfo` → Proxy
- Works with both normal patterns (routes in class) and factory patterns
(callable returns app)

**Proxy Route Matching:**
- `ProxyRouter.match_route_pattern()` matches incoming requests to
specific patterns using cached mock Starlette apps
- Metrics tag requests with parameterized routes (e.g.,
`/api/users/{user_id}`) instead of prefixes
- Fallback to `route_prefix` if patterns unavailable or matching fails

**Performance:**


Metric | Before | After
-- | -- | --
Requests per second (RPS) | 403.39 | 397.82
Mean latency (ms) | 247.9 | 251.37
p50 (ms) | 224 | 223
p90 (ms) | 415 | 428
p99 (ms) | 526 | 544

### Testing
- Unit tests for `extract_route_patterns()`
- Integration test verifying metrics use patterns and avoid high
cardinality
- Parametrized for both normal and factory patterns

---------

Signed-off-by: abrar <abrar@anyscale.com>

Author: abrarsheikh

python/ray/serve/_private/application_state.py

@@ -538,6 +538,13 @@ def apply_deployment_info(
 
         if deployment_info.route_prefix is not None:
             config = deployment_info.deployment_config
+            # Try to get route_patterns from deployment state first (most up-to-date),
+            # otherwise fall back to existing endpoint patterns
+            route_patterns = (
+                self._deployment_state_manager.get_deployment_route_patterns(
+                    deployment_id
+                )
+            )
             self._endpoint_state.update_endpoint(
                 deployment_id,
                 # The current meaning of the "is_cross_language" field is ambiguous.
@@ -550,6 +557,7 @@ def apply_deployment_info(
                     route=deployment_info.route_prefix,
                     app_is_cross_language=config.deployment_language
                     != DeploymentLanguage.PYTHON,
+                    route_patterns=route_patterns,
                 ),
             )
         else:

python/ray/serve/_private/common.py

@@ -101,8 +101,40 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
 
 @dataclass
 class EndpointInfo:
+    """Metadata about a deployment's HTTP/gRPC endpoint.
+
+    This represents the public routing interface for a deployment. It's created when
+    a deployment is registered with a route prefix and broadcast to all proxies via
+    the long poll mechanism (ROUTE_TABLE namespace).
+
+    Flow:
+        1. Created in ApplicationState when deployment is applied
+        2. Stored in EndpointState (controller's source of truth)
+        3. Broadcast to all ProxyActors via long poll (ROUTE_TABLE)
+        4. Cached in ProxyRouter for request routing
+        5. Used to route incoming HTTP/gRPC requests to correct deployments
+        6. Used to determine route patterns for accurate metrics tagging
+
+    Key Difference from DeploymentInfo:
+        - EndpointInfo: Just HTTP/gRPC routing metadata (shared with proxies)
+        - DeploymentInfo: Complete deployment config (replicas, resources, etc.)
+
+    Attributes:
+        route: The route prefix for this deployment (e.g., "/api").
+        app_is_cross_language: Whether the deployment uses a different language
+            than the proxy (e.g., Java deployment with Python proxy). This affects
+            how the proxy serializes/deserializes requests.
+        route_patterns: List of all ASGI route patterns for this deployment
+            (e.g., ["/", "/users/{user_id}", "/items/{item_id}/details"]).
+            Used by proxies to match incoming requests to specific route patterns
+            for accurate metrics tagging. This avoids high cardinality by using
+            parameterized patterns instead of individual request paths.
+            Only populated for deployments with ASGI apps (FastAPI/Starlette).
+    """
+
     route: str
     app_is_cross_language: bool = False
+    route_patterns: Optional[List[str]] = None
 
 
 # Keep in sync with ServeReplicaState in dashboard/client/src/type/serve.ts

python/ray/serve/_private/deployment_state.py

@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._initialization_latency_s: Optional[float] = None
         self._internal_grpc_port: Optional[int] = None
         self._docs_path: Optional[str] = None
+        self._route_patterns: Optional[List[str]] = None
         # Rank assigned to the replica.
         self._rank: Optional[int] = None
         # Populated in `on_scheduled` or `recover`.
@@ -348,6 +349,10 @@ def deployment_config(self) -> DeploymentConfig:
     def docs_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self._docs_path
 
+    @property
+    def route_patterns(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        return self._route_patterns
+
     @property
     def max_ongoing_requests(self) -> int:
         return self.deployment_config.max_ongoing_requests
@@ -768,6 +773,7 @@ def check_ready(self) -> Tuple[ReplicaStartupStatus, Optional[str]]:
                         self._http_port,
                         self._grpc_port,
                         self._rank,
+                        self._route_patterns,
                     ) = ray.get(self._ready_obj_ref)
             except RayTaskError as e:
                 logger.exception(
@@ -1126,6 +1132,10 @@ def version(self):
     def docs_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self._actor.docs_path
 
+    @property
+    def route_patterns(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        return self._actor.route_patterns
+
     @property
     def actor_id(self) -> str:
         return self._actor.actor_id
@@ -1773,6 +1783,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._last_broadcasted_deployment_config = None
 
         self._docs_path: Optional[str] = None
+        self._route_patterns: Optional[List[str]] = None
 
     def should_autoscale(self) -> bool:
         """
@@ -1865,6 +1876,10 @@ def app_name(self) -> str:
     def docs_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
         return self._docs_path
 
+    @property
+    def route_patterns(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        return self._route_patterns
+
     @property
     def _failed_to_start_threshold(self) -> int:
         # Use global override if set, otherwise use deployment config
@@ -2538,9 +2553,10 @@ def _check_startup_replicas(
                 )
 
                 # if replica version is the same as the target version,
-                # we update the docs path
+                # we update the docs path and route patterns
                 if replica.version == self._target_state.version:
                     self._docs_path = replica.docs_path
+                    self._route_patterns = replica.route_patterns
 
                 # Log the startup latency.
                 e2e_replica_start_latency = time.time() - replica._start_time
@@ -3191,6 +3207,14 @@ def get_deployment_docs_path(self, deployment_id: DeploymentID) -> Optional[str]
         if deployment_id in self._deployment_states:
             return self._deployment_states[deployment_id].docs_path
 
+    def get_deployment_route_patterns(
+        self, deployment_id: DeploymentID
+    ) -> Optional[List[str]]:
+        """Get route patterns for a deployment if available."""
+        if deployment_id in self._deployment_states:
+            return self._deployment_states[deployment_id].route_patterns
+        return None
+
     def get_deployment_target_num_replicas(
         self, deployment_id: DeploymentID
     ) -> Optional[int]:

python/ray/serve/_private/proxy.py

@@ -375,14 +375,17 @@ def _get_response_handler_info(
                 if version.parse(starlette.__version__) < version.parse("0.33.0"):
                     proxy_request.set_path(route_path.replace(route_prefix, "", 1))
 
-            # NOTE(edoakes): we use the route_prefix instead of the full HTTP path
-            # for logs & metrics to avoid high cardinality.
-            # See: https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/47999
-            logs_and_metrics_route = (
-                route_prefix
-                if self.protocol == RequestProtocol.HTTP
-                else handle.deployment_id.app_name
-            )
+            # NOTE(abrar): we try to match to a specific route pattern (e.g., /api/{user_id})
+            # for logs & metrics when available. If no pattern matches, we fall back to the
+            # route_prefix to avoid high cardinality.
+            # See: https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/47999 and
+            # https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/52212
+            if self.protocol == RequestProtocol.HTTP:
+                logs_and_metrics_route = self.proxy_router.match_route_pattern(
+                    route_prefix, proxy_request.scope
+                )
+            else:
+                logs_and_metrics_route = handle.deployment_id.app_name
             internal_request_id = generate_request_id()
             handle, request_id = self.setup_request_context_and_handle(
                 app_name=handle.deployment_id.app_name,

python/ray/serve/_private/proxy_router.py

@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 import logging
-from typing import Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from starlette.applications import Starlette
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.routing import Route
+from starlette.types import Scope
 
 from ray.serve._private.common import ApplicationName, DeploymentID, EndpointInfo
 from ray.serve._private.constants import SERVE_LOGGER_NAME
+from ray.serve._private.thirdparty.get_asgi_route_name import get_asgi_route_name
 from ray.serve.handle import DeploymentHandle
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(SERVE_LOGGER_NAME)
@@ -38,6 +44,13 @@ def __init__(
         # Endpoints info associated with endpoints.
         self.endpoints: Dict[DeploymentID, EndpointInfo] = dict()
 
+        # Map of route prefix to list of route patterns for that endpoint
+        # Used to match incoming requests to ASGI route patterns for metrics
+        self.route_patterns: Dict[str, List[str]] = dict()
+        # Cache of mock Starlette apps for route pattern matching
+        # Key: route prefix, Value: pre-built Starlette app with routes
+        self._route_pattern_apps: Dict[str, Any] = dict()
+
     def ready_for_traffic(self, is_head: bool) -> Tuple[bool, str]:
         """Whether the proxy router is ready to serve traffic.
 
@@ -80,10 +93,13 @@ def update_routes(self, endpoints: Dict[DeploymentID, EndpointInfo]):
         routes = []
         route_info = {}
         app_to_is_cross_language = {}
+        route_patterns = {}
         for endpoint, info in endpoints.items():
             routes.append(info.route)
             route_info[info.route] = endpoint
             app_to_is_cross_language[endpoint.app_name] = info.app_is_cross_language
+            if info.route_patterns:
+                route_patterns[info.route] = info.route_patterns
             if endpoint in self.handles:
                 existing_handles.remove(endpoint)
             else:
@@ -103,6 +119,9 @@ def update_routes(self, endpoints: Dict[DeploymentID, EndpointInfo]):
         self.sorted_routes = sorted(routes, key=lambda x: len(x), reverse=True)
         self.route_info = route_info
         self.app_to_is_cross_language = app_to_is_cross_language
+        self.route_patterns = route_patterns
+        # Invalidate cached mock apps when route patterns change
+        self._route_pattern_apps.clear()
 
     def match_route(
         self, target_route: str
@@ -163,3 +182,64 @@ def get_handle_for_endpoint(
                 )
 
         return None
+
+    def match_route_pattern(self, route_prefix: str, asgi_scope: Scope) -> str:
+        """Match an incoming request to a specific route pattern.
+
+        This attempts to match the request path to a route pattern (e.g., /api/{user_id})
+        rather than just the route prefix. This provides more granular metrics.
+
+        The mock Starlette app is cached per route_prefix for performance, avoiding
+        the overhead of recreating the app and routes on every request.
+
+        Args:
+            route_prefix: The matched route prefix from match_route()
+            asgi_scope: The ASGI scope containing the request path and method
+
+        Returns:
+            The matched route pattern if available, otherwise the route_prefix
+        """
+        # If we don't have route patterns for this prefix, return the prefix
+        if route_prefix not in self.route_patterns:
+            return route_prefix
+
+        patterns = self.route_patterns[route_prefix]
+        if not patterns:
+            return route_prefix
+
+        # Get or create the cached mock app for this route_prefix
+        mock_app = self._route_pattern_apps.get(route_prefix)
+        if mock_app is None:
+            try:
+                # Create routes from patterns
+                # We use a dummy endpoint since we only need pattern matching
+                async def dummy_endpoint(request: Request):
+                    pass
+
+                routes = [Route(pattern, dummy_endpoint) for pattern in patterns]
+                mock_app = Starlette(routes=routes)
+
+                # Cache the mock app for future requests
+                self._route_pattern_apps[route_prefix] = mock_app
+            except Exception:
+                # If app creation fails, fall back to route prefix
+                logger.debug(
+                    f"Failed to create mock app for route pattern matching: {route_prefix}",
+                    exc_info=True,
+                )
+                return route_prefix
+
+        # Use the cached mock app to match the route pattern
+        try:
+            matched = get_asgi_route_name(mock_app, asgi_scope)
+            if matched:
+                return matched
+        except Exception:
+            # If matching fails for any reason, fall back to route prefix
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Failed to match route pattern for {route_prefix}",
+                exc_info=True,
+            )
+
+        # Fall back to route prefix if no pattern matched
+        return route_prefix

python/ray/serve/_private/replica.py

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     Callable,
     Dict,
     Generator,
+    List,
     Optional,
     Tuple,
     Union,
@@ -93,7 +94,10 @@
 )
 from ray.serve._private.metrics_utils import InMemoryMetricsStore, MetricsPusher
 from ray.serve._private.task_consumer import TaskConsumerWrapper
-from ray.serve._private.thirdparty.get_asgi_route_name import get_asgi_route_name
+from ray.serve._private.thirdparty.get_asgi_route_name import (
+    extract_route_patterns,
+    get_asgi_route_name,
+)
 from ray.serve._private.usage import ServeUsageTag
 from ray.serve._private.utils import (
     Semaphore,
@@ -121,6 +125,9 @@
     Optional[int],
     Optional[str],
     int,
+    int,
+    int,  # rank
+    Optional[List[str]],  # route_patterns
 ]
 
 
@@ -573,6 +580,14 @@ def get_num_ongoing_requests(self) -> int:
 
     def get_metadata(self) -> ReplicaMetadata:
         current_rank = ray.serve.context._get_internal_replica_context().rank
+        # Extract route patterns from ASGI app if available
+        route_patterns = None
+        if self._user_callable_asgi_app is not None:
+            # _user_callable_asgi_app is the actual ASGI app (FastAPI/Starlette)
+            # It's set when initialize_callable() returns an ASGI app
+            if hasattr(self._user_callable_asgi_app, "routes"):
+                route_patterns = extract_route_patterns(self._user_callable_asgi_app)
+
         return (
             self._version.deployment_config,
             self._version,
@@ -582,6 +597,7 @@ def get_metadata(self) -> ReplicaMetadata:
             self._http_port,
             self._grpc_port,
             current_rank,
+            route_patterns,
         )
 
     def _set_internal_replica_context(